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Quotes we ran that made you think
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“The
seniors were unhappy, and they would point fingers at
the coaches. But why wasn’t there a change?”
— Adam Williams, soccer player, on the grievances
of the men’s soccer program |
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“The
popularity of this place didn’t catch fire until
a few years ago. Many qualified students won’t get
into TCU as a result, whereas in previous years only the
unqualified students weren’t accepted. This is a
new phenomenon for us.”
— Ray Brown, dean of admissions, on the enrollment
cap |
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“We
treat the players with as much respect as any coach. The
program is a bit strange because it lacks scholarships
and we have to play against teams that are a lot better.
I can see how that would wear on somebody.”
— Blake Amos, associate head soccer coach |
“This
has been the most successful four years in fund raising
the university has ever had in cash commitments.”
— Bronson Davis, vice chancellor of university
advancement, on the $100 million in cash raised during
Chancellor Michael Ferrari’s administration |
“If
you’ve got to pay students to come to the game, then
they are interested more in the money than the actual
game.”
— Junior Blount, senior guard on the men’s
basketball team, on giving $500 to the most spirited group
at home games |
“Everyone
has a story of ‘that’ Valentine’s Day —
the one where they were alone, crying, eating the better
part of a package of Oreo cookies and drinking the better
part of a bottle of wine.”
— Jenny Specht, senior English and political science
major |
“We
needed some advertising and I decided to do it because
I had some free time.”
— Tim Savage, a junior radio-TV-film major, on
why he agreed to be tied to a light post to advertise
for the Brothers Under Christ date auction |
“Every
game that we play, we are going to get more comfortable
here. I don’t think our focus was very good in the
first game. We had fun (this game).”
— Lance Brown, head coach of the TCU baseball
game, on the team’s three-game sweep against the
University of Texas at San Antonio |
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